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Internal File# OIS 2013-06 "That's her." I asked Officer Ayala if the roll call sergeant read the synopsis to all of the officers and he said yes. I read the synopsis on the flyer to Officer Ayala and asked him if that sounded like the same information read by the roll call sergeant and he said yes. I explained to Officer Ayala that I wanted to dig into his mindset at the time he chose to pull the trigger. Officer Ayala said, "She's got the drop on me. She, she saw me. She's going to shoot me. I'm out in the open. I've got no cover. I felt that I was vulnerable at that time and I was scared for my safety. So I had to protect myself in self-defense and uh , you know, neutralize that threat and stop that threat from approaching me." I asked Officer Ayala if he had his weapon drawn at the time that he approached the garage and he said no. I asked Officer Ayala what type of call he thought he was walking into and he said a consensual encounter. As Officer Ayala was pulling the trigger of his gun he began to run in a southeasterly direction, toward Officer Esquivel's vehicle. As Officer Ayala was running , he had his right arm extended, out to his right, firing at the east wall of the garage. Once he reached Officer Esquivel's vehicle , Officer Ayala turned and was facing to the north, toward Gonzalez. Attorney asked Officer Ayala if he ever lost sight of Gonzalez. Officer Ayala said he did lose sight of her as he looked in the direction he was running , to make sure he didn't run into anything. I asked Offi cer Ayala how many rounds he estimated that he fired and he said 5 to 7 rounds. I asked Officer Ayala if he fired additional rounds once he reached Officer Esquivel's car and he said yes. I asked Officer Ayala how many rounds did he fire in the first volley and how many rounds did he fire in the second. Offi cer Ayala estimated that he fired three rounds at the east wall of the garage and two additional rounds once he was at the back of Officer Esquivel's unit. I asked Officer Ayala if Gonzalez was standing at th e time he fired the second volley of round s. Officer Ayala said Gonzal ez fell to the ground as he re ached the back of Officer Esquivel 's unit. Gonzalez started reaching for something with her left arm , which prompted Officer Ayala to fire the second volley of rounds . Officer Ayal a said he believed Gonzalez dropped the gun as she fell and was reaching for it to engage the officers with it. I asked Officer Ayala if he was in fear for his and his partner's safety and he said yes. I asked Officer Ayala to try to rem e mber back to wh en he fired the first rounds out of his weapon . I asked Officer Ayala if he kn ew where his partner was at that time and he Page 19